Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-2A1544
Object type certainty: Certain
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A ceramic vessel sherd; probably calcite gritted ware of Roman date, 43 - 410. The fabric is hard and the texture is hackly. It varies in colour from back through grey to dark brown, and the surface has been smoothed. There are frequent poorly sorted calcite inclusions. There is no decoration.This type of fabric was often used for storage jars and cooking pots.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.6 mm
Width: 33.6 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 22.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Thursday 13th May 2010
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Other reference: PAS 1114
4 Figure: SE7972
Four figure Latitude: 54.137778
Four figure longitude: -0.792312
1:25K map: SE7972
1:10K map: SE77SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Tomber, R. and Dore, J. | 1998 | The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection: A Handbook | London | MoLAS |